Don Weinland

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359 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 28 Aug

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The Intelligence from The Economist · Ceasefire alarm: Iran and Israel trade strikes · 8 Jun 2026 podcast

Suddenly the car starts spinning around.

I was a bit freaked out.

Oh god.

They've been doing self-driving for a while, but the real purpose of this event, where they flew in influencers and journalists from all over the world, really, was to highlight a number of key technological announcements.

One of them was a semiconductor that they had designed in-house, and they claim is the world's most powerful chip for self-driving.

The founder and CEO

Yeah.

thinks that this chip is going to differentiate BYD from all of its competitors.

And for this company, differentiating itself now is becoming increasingly important because there are companies in China that are starting to catch up

So BYD started making batteries in the early nineties.

By the mid 2000s, it's making cars.

And from there it starts.

Focusing on becoming an EV giant.

And by 2020, it's really taking off.

One of the secrets of BYD is its vertical integration.

It tries to control as many supply chains as possible within its company.

Most companies that make EVs are not also going to do lithium processing and AI development at the same time, but that's exactly what BYD is doing.

So it's able to lower its costs.

It's often said that these types of companies can innovate faster because people in different divisions who are working on different things can collaborate a bit easier.

And there might be some truth to that for BYD.

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